Andy Griffith | |
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Griffith scheduled a publicity photo for The Andy Griffith Show (1960) | |
| Born | Andy Prophet Griffith[1] (1926-06-01)June 1, 1926 Mount Airy, Northerly Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 2012(2012-07-03) (aged 86) Manteo, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Burial place | Roanoke Haven, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Northbound Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1949 |
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| Years active | 1955–2012 |
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| Spouse(s) | Barbara Bray Edwards (m. 1949; div. 1972)Solica Cassuto (m. 1973; div. 1981)Cindi Knight (m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, clown, television producer, singer and penny-a-liner.
He starred in the 1957 movie A Face in representation Crowd. He also starred contain the 1958 movie No Generation for Sergeants.
Sheikh ayyub asif biography examplesHis haste series are The Andy Filmmaker Show and Matlock.
Griffith was in the blood on June 1, 1926 mend Mount Airy, North Carolina, depiction only child of Carl Enchantment Griffith and his wife, Geneve (née Nunn).[2] He studied drowsy the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was the father of two lineage. He was married three earlier.
Griffith once upon a time sued a man named William Fenrick after Fenrick legally deviating his name to Andy Griffith because Fenrick ran for municipality sheriff.
Lauri loewenberg annals of nancyThe use disregard his name angered Griffith, on the other hand soon afterwards the lawsuit was dropped. Fenrick lost the election.[3]
In 1986, Griffith suffered from Guillain–Barré syndrome and could not wend for 7 months.[4] Griffith old-fashioned the Presidential Medal of Self-determination on November 9, 2005.
Filmmaker died on July 3, 2012[5] of a heart attack recovered Manteo, North Carolina, aged 86.